Summary
Award-winning comedian and influential activist Mark Thomas can boast the dubious honour of being the first person to walk the length of the Israeli Separation Barrier, which marks the boundary between Israel and Palestine.
It's no wonder Mark was the first out of the blocks. Who else would choose to ramble alongside Israel's imposing barrier, which is hundreds of miles long and boasts watchtowers, wire and armed sentries? Mark's pal and fellow political comedian Mark Steel pretty much summed it up. He told Thomas, "What's the matter with you? Why can't you just write a joke?" But then Thomas never takes the easy option, as evidenced by his previous shows and books on the international arms trade, MPs' expenses, civil liberties and tax havens, all of which have been rendered alarmingly funny by the sought-after comic who also holds the Guinness World Record for the most number of political demonstrations in 24 hours.See the full content of this document
Extract
Recent Trip to Israel
"I decided on the walk because I'm really interested in land and identity, plus there seemed something rather lovely and English about attempting to understand something by rambling," Mark tells me. "I guess part of the charm also was that no one else was ...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
